#CBC943#CBC943

#CBC943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.152 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC943
RGB	rgb(203, 201, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -15.29, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 65.93, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0481 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.152 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5300, 54.8765, 13.4503)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC943 #4345CB

analogous

#CB8543 #CBC943 #89CB43

triadic

#CBC943 #43CBC9 #C943CB

tetradic

#CBC943 #43CB85 #4345CB #CB4389

square

#CBC943 #43CB85 #4345CB #CB4389

split-complementary

#CBC943 #4389CB #8543CB

monochromatic

#747220 #A4A22D #CBC943 #D8D773 #E6E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CBC943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CBC943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC943

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC943	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 201, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.152 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded97f',
    500: '#cbc943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc943;
$custom-light: #ded97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81345,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC943

secondary

#36377C

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC943

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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